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Instances of these changes are the following: 



{La'wayu-g'ila) La'wayugwila to make a sal- 



mon-weir 26.39 

 {sd'-g'an?:m) so'gwanEm you perhaps 



146.28 

 (Ld'wayu-g'a) La'wayugwa this salmon-weir 



{o'-g'iw-e^) b'gwiwl^ forehead 19.5 



(d-g-ig-a) o'gug-e^ inside 



{^md'qes[dyahd\sd^-k'as) ^md'qes{dyaha)sd^T{:was really 



thrown into my belly 478.1 

 {o'-k'dr-e^) o'JiWdx'e^ knee 154.11 



(d'-k'.'m-e^) d'klwine^ body 61.13 



(o'-k'Ulg-e^) o'l'.'wulge^ front of body 



(Jbo'-x'Hd) ho'x^wld to leave 



Changes of velars following a u vowel : 



{^md' xulayu-ga) ^7nd' xulayugiva Potlatch-Pres- 



ent- Woman 142.1 



(ts!d-g-e^) tslo'gwe^ given away among 



other things 



(yo-xa) yd'xwa to say 'V^" ^ 176.19 



Wlien the vowel following the k after a u vowel is an e, the timbre 

 of the weak vowel tends towards the u. 



When a u vowel is followed by a consonantic cluster the first sound 



of which is a ^ sound (according to § 3 these can be only x\ x'^, or x), 



the X' changes to x", while the others remain unaffected. 



{yii'-x'sd) yu'x^sd it is entirely this 102.18 



(o-x'siu-e^) o'x^slwe^ mouth of river 



On the other hand — 



{o-XLd-e^) d'xLd^ head part 



(Jbo-xLl) ho'xLe to leave a miserable 



person 



The II tinge of k sounds and the very short u do not seem to modify 

 the following anterior palatal g, at least not according to the usage 

 of the older generation. ' 



(yok^-g'aH) yo'klug'ciH (not yd'klugwaH) 



noise of wind 

 {rriEg'^-g'it-x'Hd) niEgug'l't.'ed to put things on 



the body 199.11 



Examples of change of the anterior palatal to the medial labio- 

 palatal hw are, however, not absent. 



idd' dog^-k'ina-la) dd'doxkwinala to see accident- 



ally 



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